It was announced in April that StudioCanal was developing an updated version of Nicolas Roeg's 1973 horror classic, starring Sutherland, 80, and Julie Christie as a couple grieving the death of their daughter, reported The Digital Spy.
"Don't embarrass yourselves by participating in it. It's bullshit. It was a piece of work indelibly written by Nicolas Roeg. Why would they do it? It's just people trying to profit off the back of something that's very beautiful. It's shameful. They should be ashamed of themselves," he said.